Hi, BB,
Chime in more often....no one bites!!
1. Download mwsmith's calculator....you'll need it.
2. Get your pH under control......you'll need way more than 2 cups of muriatic...use the calculator
3. Get your Cl under control....dont add anything with Cl to your pool 'til you can get it in a range that you can measure.
4. Resist words like "threw" and "dumped" for water chemistry.....I can't shake a mental image of giving a 5 gal bucket of unknown chemicals the "old heave-ho" right into the bottom of the pool.
5. I'd be in no hurry to run the heater but I would sure turn the pump on....you've got some mixing to do.
6. Why such high CYA?.....Pucks!!!! If I'm wrong and you don't use them, you have inadvertently "dumped" (please don't misconstrue my intent....I try to keep good humor in my posts and it doesn't always work) WAAY too much CYA in your pool. My bet is on the pucks, however. Stop using them.
7. Post your numbers back up when you do the above (well, at least, 1, 2, and 3) and you'll get lots of good help from everyone.
Dave S.
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